Welcome to Mad About Art!
Mad About Art! is an enthusiastic group of art lovers run by a volunteer board. MAA! offers monthly programming featuring unique art activities in the Denver metro area. Programs include artist studio visits, private collection tours, corporate art tours, and public art tours. There are also book salons and lectures. Social activities include member parties for holidays and special events. In addition, the MAA! Travel program provides small group excursions to national and international locations several times a year. Membership dues are $75.00 per person, $25 for an additional person in your household.
It is time to renew your Mad About Art! 2026 membership in May. Programming is well underway for 2026, with events you won’t want to miss. Click the link below to complete your membership renewal, then view your cart and pay. Membership dues are $75.00 per person, $25 for an additional person in your household for 2026. You cannot sign up for events until you renew your membership. So sign up NOW!
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Looking forward to another year of exciting art adventures.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Mad About Art! is pleased to provide monthly programs for our membership. We endeavor to have space available for everyone interested in a particular program. However, we have noticed a trend of members signing up for events and not showing or canceling at the last minute. Because some of the programs are at artists studios, space is often limited. Please do not sign up for a program until you are certain of your schedule and if you need to cancel please do so at least a week prior to the event date. Registering for a program the moment the newsletter arrives and then cancelling a day or two before prevents other members from attending. We look forward to seeing you at future programs!
We are seeking nominations for the MAA! board to serve in 2027.
Love MAA! and its role in enhancing our art community? Consider serving on the 2027 MAA! board of directors. Open positions starting in January are president, membership, and treasurer.
Please contact the nominations chair, Penny Eucker at pj******@***il.com or call her at 303-908-9090 to nominate yourself or another member to help guide MAA! in 2027.
HAPPENING IN JUNE 2026
Wendi Schneider studio tour
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Two Tours: 10-11am & 1-2pm
RSVP by June 6, 2026
Wendi Schneider creates hand-gilded photographs that explore light, surface, and ephemeral beauty, informed by a background in painting and art history and by her collection of turn-of-the-twentieth-century art and objects.
Working on translucent vellum and kozo, she applies precious metals, including 24k and white gold leaf, creating luminous images that shift as light moves across their surfaces. Each work exists as a unique variant, with distinctions in substrate, toning, and metal emphasizing process as meaning. Her series States of Grace, The Weight of Light, and Held Light explore quiet presence and resilience, with the photographic surface becoming a light-activated object.
Schneider studied painting and art history at Stephens College and Newcomb College at Tulane University before turning to photography in the early 1980s. She produced fine art commissions and photography for books, magazines, and advertising in New York before moving to Denver in 1994. Her photographs are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; the Center for Creative Photography; the Royal Photographic Society; the New Orleans Museum of Art; the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; the Asheville Art Museum; and Auburn University Libraries. She is represented by galleries in New Orleans, Houston, Tucson, Atlanta, New York, Cleveland, Jerusalem, and San Miguel de Allende.
Two sessions, one from 10 to 11am and the other from 1 to 2pm. Limited to 10 people per session. Wendi’s studio is located in Park Hill at 1635 Hudson Street, Denver. Park on the street and then knock on the front door.
Location: 1635 Hudson Street, Denver, CO 80220
Two Tour Times: 10-11am & 1-2pm
RSVP by June 6
Program limited to 10 members for each tour
No cost to attend
Parking suggestions: Park on the street and then knock on the front door.
Tour of the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists exhibition: Trees: A Visual Narrative of our Enduring Relationship with Trees Throughout the Seasons
Monday, June 22, 2026, 10:00am
RSVP by June 19
Tour of the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists exhibition: Trees: A Visual Narrative of our Enduring Relationship with Trees Throughout the Seasons.
Trees are enigmatic organisms that can evoke powerful feelings within us. Perhaps you feel joy seeing the new buds and blooms of trees each spring. Perhaps you appreciate shade trees that provide in summer. Maybe you captivated by the changing color of leaves in fall, or you find calm in seeing snow-covered branches in winter. Do you have a favorite tree you walk by each day or look out your window at each morning? Whatever your relationship with trees, we can all celebrate the glory of trees through the eyes of the botanical artists featured in this exhibition. The intent of the 2025 RMSBA exhibit is to expand the artists’ and viewers’ appreciation and understanding of trees. We are pleased to share that with you.
At 10 am, we will meet at the Anderson Academic Center, University of Denver, 2150 East Evans Avenue, Denver 80208 to self-tour through this exhibition, as it concludes its yearlong travel through Colorado and Wyoming. Some exhibition artists will be present to discuss their work. Limited to 50. Optional lunch to follow.
Paid parking is available on the University of Denver campus. Visit this link to see an interactive map of available campus parking.
Location: Anderson Academic Center, University of Denver, 2150 East Evans Avenue, Denver 80208
Event Time: 10am
Program limited to 50 members
RSVP by June 19
No Cost to Attend
Parking Suggestion: Parking is available on DU’s campus.
Docent led tour of The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art at the Denver Art Museum
Thursday, June 25, 2026, 9:50am
The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art is the largest exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art ever presented in North America. This landmark exhibition is the product of an unprecedented cultural partnership between the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Denver Art Museum will be its second venue.
Organized by the NGV especially for North American audiences, the exhibition features more than 130 works by 142 artists, several of whom worked collaboratively, drawn exclusively from the NGV’s world-leading collection. These works are designed to elicit a sense of awe, while introducing visitors to the art, resilience, and depth of the world’s longest continuous cultures. Through a rich display of iconic masterpieces—many of which have never before left Australia—The Stars We Do Not See charts watershed moments in Indigenous art from the late 19th century to the present.
The exhibition introduces audiences to customary forms and styles in Indigenous Australian art, including the conceptual map paintings of the Central and Western Deserts, ochre bark paintings, and experimental weavings. It also highlights the work of new-media artists, who build on tradition with groundbreaking works in neon, video, and photography.
We will meet in the lobby of the Hamilton building at 9:50 am. The tours will start at 10am and leave every 5 minutes to space our group within the exhibition.
Location: Denver Art Museum 100 W 14th Ave. Pksy, Denver, CO 80204
Event Times: 9:50am
Program limited to 40 members
RSVP by June 18
Cost to Attend: $5.00, for both DAM members and nonmembers, which includes Denver Art Museum admission
Parking Suggestion: Parking is available at the Cultural Center Garage, at various surface lots and on the street.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The MAA! program committee is hard at work planning additional tours and meet ups for the remainder of this year. Events for which we have firm dates appear below. Watch for more information on these and on additional events in upcoming newsletters and invitations.
July 21, 2026: Tour of Leon Loughridge studio. Two sessions, 10 to 11am and 1 to 2pm, limited to 10 people per session.
August 11, 2026: Tour of Michael Ome Untiedt studio, with either a morning or afternoon option.
December 6: MAA! annual holiday party.
JOIN OR RENEW MEMBERSHIP
It is time to renew your Mad About Art! 2026 membership in March. Programming is well underway for 2026, with events you won’t want to miss. Click the link below to complete your membership renewal, then view your cart and pay. Membership dues are $75.00 per person, $25 for an additional person in your household for 2026. You cannot sign up for events until you renew your membership. So sign up NOW!
President: Chad Skrbina
Past President: Hanne Lichtenfels
Treasurer: Stacey Wilson
Secretary: Meg Freedman
Communications: Betsy Rumely
Nominations: Penny Eucker
Programs: Kate McDaniel
Membership: Patty Horsch
Check Out Our Video and Previous Programs Page
Here you will find videos from our recent and past events – just click the red video icon.
